Clinical trials: Pediatric Health
Medical Education
Effect of a Community Service-Learning Intervention on Medical Empathy and Clinical Self-Efficacy in Medical Students
Medical empathy and clinical self-efficacy are key professional competencies that are difficult to develop through traditional classroom-based training alone.
- Trial name
- ApS-MED-IZT (NCT07528521)
- Testing
- Community Service-Learning Anthropometric Assessment
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Luis Angel Flores Sagrero
Overweight, Obesity
Connect 4 Health: An Intervention to Improve Childhood Obesity Outcomes
Health care system (HCS)-based interventions have been limited by their inattention to social and environmental barriers that impede improvement in obesity-related behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT02124460
- Testing
- Health Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 721 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Anxiety, Pain
An Innovative Tailored Intervention for Improving Children's Postoperative Recovery (WebTIPS)
The goal of this randomized trial is to examine the effectiveness of a tailored Internet-based Preparation Program (WebTIPS) in reducing anxiety and improving the recovery process in children undergoing surgery.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Pain, Postoperative Behavior
- Trial name
- WebTIPS (NCT03730259)
- Testing
- Web-based Tailored Intervention Preparation for Surgery
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,274 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Pediatric Obesity
Exergaming for Health: Impact of a Community-Based Active Video Gaming Curriculum in Pediatric Weight Management
Evaluation of the effectiveness of Exergaming for Health, a community-based multifaceted weight management program in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Primary objective: to assess impact of the program on BMI z-scores.
- Trial name
- NCT02436330
- Testing
- Exergaming, Didactic health teaching
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Weight Change, Body, Behavior, Health
Increased Monitoring of Physical Activity and Calories With Technology
Since severe obesity in youth has been steadily increasing. Specialized pediatric obesity clinics provide programs to aid in reducing obesity.
- Conditions
- Weight Change, Body, Behavior, Health, Obesity, Childhood, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT03961061)
- Testing
- Brenner mFIT (standard care), Brenner mFIT (standard care plus mobile health components)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Child Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders
Kids FACE FEARS Comparative Effectiveness Research
The Kids FACE FEARS (Kids Formats of Anxiety Care Effectiveness study For Extending the Acceptability and Reach of Services) is a large-scale, streamlined, pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) evaluating Therapist-Led CBT…
- Conditions
- Child Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety, Anxiety Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT03707158
- Testing
- Therapist-Led CBT (telehealth, office-based, or hybrid), Guided Online CBT
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 305 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Burns, Pediatric ALL
Telemedicine Optimized Burn Intervention
Because burn patients and their caregivers often live long distances from regional burn centers, access to expert burn care is limited, resulting in a negative effect on adherence to treatment and a higher risk of wound…
- Trial name
- TOBI (NCT05019144)
- Testing
- Face-to-face burn care, Telemedicine enhanced burn care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
COVID-19
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Black and Latino Youth
Black and Latino youth may be less likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine than White youth. In this study we will work with community members to come up with ways to help Black and Latino families learn more about the COVID-19…
- Trial name
- NCT05293392
- Testing
- Culturally-Tailored COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Intervention, Standard Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,792 people
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Health System
Health Behavior, Diet, Healthy
Buen Provecho!: A Virtual Family-Based Intervention to Promote Health
The purpose of this pilot study is to compare the effectiveness of an expanded virtual educational program at modifying knowledge, self-efficacy, and behaviors when compared to traditional in-office counseling for guardians of…
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Diet, Healthy, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05419557
- Testing
- Virtual Family-Based Healthy Plate Club
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Inova Health Care Services
Tobacco Smoking, Second Hand Tobacco Smoke
eCEASE to Support Treatment for Parental Tobacco Use
The proposed project aims to develop an innovative and disseminable electronic health record (iEHR)-based approach that supports optimal primary care workflows to routinely screen families for tobacco and e-cigarette use, address…
- Conditions
- Tobacco Smoking, Second Hand Tobacco Smoke, Smoking Cessation
- Trial name
- eCEASE (NCT04974736)
- Testing
- iEHR + Navigator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 817 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Monkeypox
A Phase 2 Randomized Multisite Trial to Inform Public Health Strategies Involving the Use of MVA-BN Vaccine for Mpox
This study is a Phase 2 open-label, non-placebo controlled, multi-site clinical trial that will evaluate the standard SC regimen in adolescents ages 12 through 17 years, inclusive, and compared to the standard subcutaneous…
- Trial name
- NCT05740982
- Testing
- JYNNEOS
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Patient Participation, Pediatric ALL
Inclusion Appeal Videos and Intent to Register for Pediatric Clinical Trials
An informational video about joining a Research Notification Registry is being compared with a version of the video tailored to African/ African American parents, reminding them about the importance of their being included in…
- Trial name
- NCT06138145
- Testing
- Video, Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Gonorrhea, Chlamydia
Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews and Health Screening in the Pediatric Emergency Department
The purpose of this study is to determine if an Audio-enhanced Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) will lead to increase testing for sexually transmitted infections in youth visiting a pediatric ED
- Trial name
- NCT01708317
- Testing
- ACASI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 801 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Childhood Obesity
The Louisiana (LA) Health Project
There is a worldwide pandemic of obesity with far-reaching consequences for the health of our nation. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
- Trial name
- NCT00289315
- Testing
- Primary (Environmental) Weight Gain Prevention, Secondary (Behavioral) Weight Gain Prevention, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,060 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Anemia WE CARE
This mixed-methods study aims to understand the implementation of a previously tested, efficacious social determinants of health (SDoH) screening and referral intervention in the outpatient pediatric hematology setting…
- Trial name
- SCAWECARE (NCT03716726)
- Testing
- WE CARE SDoH Screening Survey, Family Resource Book, Standard of care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Childhood Obesity
Physical Activity and Screen-Time Regulations in Childcare Centers - Aim 2
Objective is to examine the physical activity and screen-time behaviors of children enrolled in licensed childcare centers before and after the enactment of new state regulations.
- Trial name
- Pause and Play (NCT02751814)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Adolescent, Health Behavior
Health Literacy and Obesogenic Behaviors
The prevalence of adolescent behaviors that can lead to obesity are alarming, and reduced life expectancy is the future of America's youth if behavioral changes are not implemented to improve health and reduce the obesity burden.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Adolescent, Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Diet, Healthy
- Trial name
- HL-Squared (NCT04252677)
- Testing
- Obesity Prevention, Health Literacy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City University of New York, School of Public Health
Adolescent Obesity
Mobile Health Intervention to Identify Early Responders to Treatment in Adolescent Obesity
Background: The Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity recommends a staged based approach to the management of adolescents with overweight and obesity from…
- Trial name
- NCT03561597
- Testing
- Mobile health intervention
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Obesity, Childhood
A Trial of Two Family-based Childhood Obesity Treatment Programs
The primary aim is to determine the relative effectiveness in child BMI z-scores at 3, 6, and 12-months post baseline of iChoose+ versus Family Connections.
- Trial name
- NCT03245775
- Testing
- iChoose, Family Connections
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 267 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Improving Health Communication During the Transition From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs; ages 17-23) with type 1 diabetes are at high risk for negative health outcomes, including poor glycemic control and disengagement from the health care system.
- Trial name
- NCT03734107
- Testing
- Plan, Reflect, and Engage with Providers for Diabetes Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute